Exactly what it says on the tin.

YSaC, Vol. 509: Jingle all the Wii ...

100$ for purchasing HDTV

I am willing to gve somebody 100$ to buy me a HDTV from bestbuy or something, U wud have to pay for the TV with the 100 dollars and keep the change. I am assuming with black friday coming up, there should be some sort of deal ...but thats for you to look into since i am supplying the 100$

Meg submits this ad, saying, "I was going to pursue this awesome deal myself, considering the generous poster is 'willing' to offer it. I was going to get up at some ungodly hour, wait outside a Best Buy ("or something" -- I'd have to look into where to go, which seems only fair as he or she is supplying the money for their... own television) on the street with bunches of die-hard shoppers, attempt to find an HDTV for under $100 and then, instead of rewarding my early-morning sacrifice with a new television, haul it to some moron's house. I mean, I "wud" get to keep the change."

I think this might be a new Christmas classic:

Dashing through the stores,
Jumping over Wiis,
O'er the iPods we go,
In search of an HDTV!

Bells on registers ring
I've got my $100 too,
Oh what fun it is to buy
an HDTV for you!

(Just for the record, the cheapest HDTV on BestBuy's website (admittedly post-Black Friday, since I'm running behind) is $159, and that's for a tiny refurbished model.)

Could this be an opportunity for me to "steal to order". Poster gets HDTV (bargain as no container - he, he) and I get $100 and anything else I want to keep?
So easy to suss out gaffs now as people display contents of their living rooms whilst showing off a tree with lights!
*perhaps this my dark side emerging?*

"U wud have to pay for the TV with the 100 dollars and keep the change"
Aw man, you mean I can't pay for it with my own $100 and keep your $100 for myself? There's such a difference in amounts!

Also, you are paying me the supposed "change" that I would get back from this 100 to stand outside for hours in the probable freezing cold/rain/sleet/hail/snow to buy you a television? And I get to spend my OWN gas money to get to the store and haul the tv back to your place!? OH BOY, THIS IS SUCH AN AWESOME IDEA! I WILL GO GET YOU THREE HDTVs now!

M4W-- Can U change TV channels?
I have a new HDTV, but need a special someone to change the channels for me. Big plus if U're a nurturing type who can feed me, dress me and run any and all errands. Celibacy a plus--sex too exhausting.

You wouldn't NEED to turn it into renewable fuel. Once your research determines the exact moment of transformation, you can get a new grant to dispose of all these gas-hats, thereby eliminating their consumption of our existing fuel. This seems like a much more realistic goal to me.

M4W - you bought for me
You bought a HDTV with 100 I gave you. our eyes met. you lingered. You know who you are. Call me and tell me what you were wearing and the kind of tv it was, and we'll start our romance.

Reply to M4W - you bought for me
I can't call you because my cell phone was stepped on during the Black Friday mayhem. I was wearing an off-white sweater with a few large footprints on my back. My hair was a little disheveled and I am missing a large chuck on the left side, but it was all worth it to get your HDTV at the low low price of $98.76. That $1.24 has really gone a long way to help me this season. Don't worry, I will come to you when I get out of the hospital. Since I delivered the TV to you, I remember where you live. See you soon my love!

I gave u 5 twenties and a left over turkey leg on thanksgiving, u wore a old sailors hat & kept muttering somethin like "in soviet russia, Best buys you"
u did not come back with my HDTV
maybe u forgot where i live
if this is u meet me at Fatz at lunch on Fri. i will be the guy looking like a dumb ass

My first thought was, "Sure, complete stranger, I'll buy you a tv. Just hand over the 100$. Better yet, if you hand over your credit card, I won't even have any change left over, so you don't have to pay me. I love helping out my fellow man at christmas time. Oh, my phone number? Yeah, sure...it's (410) 555-I-H-A-S-Y-O-U-R-M-O-N-E-Y. Yeah, it's one of those new, long numbers. See you soon!"

dev,
if it doesn't ...
the fact that you have uttered/typed those words means that some wizard/fantasy subgroup will now begin creating it. It will likely involve, in its photography (dimly lit, featuring dark fabrics, obscure symbols, and flatteringly-airbrushed wafts of incense) along with the cloaks: crones with pointy hats, and older-ish gents with crystal balls and big sticks.

I hope you are still looking for a HDTV, cuz I got one for you- several actually. Take your pick. Tell me the size and model you are looking for and I probably have it or can get it quick I am always finding "steals" on electronics, so let me know if you want anything else cheap- I can make you a really good deal on a car stereo, iPod, laptop, or cell phone, although those are "out of box" if you know what I mean.

My father put their old 8-track player in a garage sale once. This kid who had clearly been born after the widespread use of the compact disc kept coming back and studying it intently. My father finally was intrigued enough to go up to the kid and say something like, "You like that, huh?" and the kid's reply was, "Yeah! ... What is it?" We all got a heh out of that.

But ... blanks! A recorder! I never personally knew anyone who had one of those!

I can totally hook you up, Lola...my folks still have their circa-1975 Zenith stereo system, with AM/FM tuner, turntable (which can hold a stack of 45s or LPs), and a WORKING 8-track player! we could prolly negotiate for the tapes...Beatles, BeeGees, Fleetwood Mac, etc. truly, I don't know why they keep it, as they replaced it in the 90s with a nice Sony rack system that they don't use, either.

I used to own a 74 Super Beetle that had an 8 track player. It was pretty fun to go to thrift stores and buy tapes, usually for 25¢ or less. They generally only lasted for 2-3 plays, if they worked at all.

My parents had a lot of "easy listening" ones. E.g., 101 Strings plays Bach's Biggest Hits, Mantovani, the soundtrack to "Exodus," etc. Those, too, require irony in order to listen to them. I'm also of the opinion that in the case of the easy listening genre, those song fade-outs and clicks where it changed tracks actually improved one's listening experience, because then you, however briefly, didn't have to hear it.
An 8-track in a vintage Beetle ... man, nothing beats that old Volkswagen smell. That plus the sound of an 8-track click are like Proust's madeleine for me. All of a sudden it's 1976 and we're driving home to watch the Muppets or Baa Baa Black Sheep on the dial-sporting set that has foil wrapped around the rabbit ears.
*spaces out, hard*

My parents kept my first stereo even after I left home because it had a record player & record turntable & 8-track player! What a bonus!!!111!!1 And they still wanted to listen to all of those things, in addition to the high-end 5-CD carousel player and Bose stereo they have. My dad still has all of his old vinyl, including a late-1950s/early-1960s 45 collection in little carrier cases that would make Rob wossname from 'High Fidelity' need a new pair of clean shorts. His newest sonic toy is one of those record players that lets you burn the record onto CD.
However, Bianchi, if you're thinking you might "appropriate" some of those items, I'll remind you for your own safety that he also owns multiple hunting rifles - and knows how to use them. Just a word to the wise!

Does it? Then I have another reasonable offer for you. I know this guy...he's a prince really. His family is from Nigeria, and he's due to inherit some money. Only problem is getting the money from Nigeria. That's where you come in....

I bought you this HDTV.
That's not an HDTV.
Yeah, it's an HDTV all right.
No, it isn't, you've merely taken a cardboard box and drawn a picture of a screen on it.
It comes with its own remote control.
That's not a remote control, it's a box of fish food.
Look how beautiful the picture is. It's got megapixels. It's got 1080 pees. It's got HDTV in its DNA. It's got LED backlights.
It's made of cardboard. Empty cardboard. You need medication.
I can haz $100 now?
Here's your $100.
That's not $100, that's half a pack of Wrigley's spearmint chewing gum.

Well sure, if you're willing to go to jail for $100.
Or you could just not steal the most crappy HDTV in existence, and steal something worth some real money instead. Something that might fit in a backpack instead of a honking big HDTV box.

Wow. I remember the ad. But what strikes me most in reading it today is the list of missing in action people. Igor, Isaac, ToBScholarly, lost_compass, Stephanie, GrahamT, Colleen in Ma, devlish1, many more, too many to list. *sniff* WHERE ARE YOU, WHY DID YOU GO AWAY?

We are going to do some well-timed choreographical-type stuff to get the punches handed out. kelli, as soon as I punch you the first time, run around Artsy and step in front of Taco, so I can punch you a second time. Ready? Punchity punch punch! Oh, no, look out for the *crash* TV boxes.

Sparky has heard of the concept of personal shopper, but doesn't understand the idea of compensation for time and effort. Ah well, his time is WAY more valuable than yours. That couch won't sit on itself.